Associate Quality Engineer (Leawood, KS, US, 66211)

Laudio; Leawood (KS); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and generous paid time off

Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) employer matching program

On-site workout facilities

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Laudio in Leawood, KS is seeking an entry-level Associate Software Quality Engineer to join their team. This hybrid role involves ensuring that healthcare products meet quality standards through testing and performance engineering. The ideal candidate will work with AI tools and collaborate with developers to optimize testing processes.

Applicants should have a background in performance engineering and JMeter, with a high school diploma as the minimum requirement. Benefits include competitive medical insurance, generous paid time off, and a 401(k) matching program.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to leverage AI for productivity and quality improvements.
• Understanding of system internals and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Execute and maintain platform-level tests for SLA compliance.
• Contribute to API and service-level validation frameworks.
• Participate in functional, integration, regression, API, and performance testing.

Skills

Performance engineering experience

Experience with JMeter

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Collaboration with developers

Use of AI tools for testing

Education

High school diploma or GED required

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

GitHub Copilot

AI-assisted tools

Job description

WHAT YOU'LL DO

We are hiring an entry-level Associate Software Quality Engineer to join our Software Quality Engineer team. The Associate Quality Engineer will be responsible for contributing to the team that ensures our Healthcare products or services meet the established standards of quality including reliability, usability, and performance. To be successful in this role you should be incredibly thorough and able to help our company maintain the highest quality standards.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This position will work a hybrid schedule from our Leawood, KS office location.

HOW YOU’LL SPEND YOUR TIME

Support Load & Performance (LnP) testing activities:

• Execute and maintain platform-level tests to help ensure SLA compliance
• Develop and enhance service-level JMeter tests with guidance to identify issues early in the SDLC
• Assist in integrating performance tests into CI/CD pipelines

Contribute to AI-enabled quality engineering practices:

• Use AI tools to generate and optimize test cases, scripts, and test data
• Leverage AI to assist with performance analysis, anomaly detection, and root cause investigation
• Support team adoption of AI tools to improve productivity and coverage

Assist in evolving testing toward white-box and shift-left practices:

• Contribute to API and service-level validation frameworks
• Work with developers to improve testability and observability

Participate in the end-to-end testing lifecycle:

• Functional, integration, regression, API, and performance testing
• Engage in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with cross-functional teams

Support quality engineering standards and reporting:

• Help identify performance and reliability issues
• Track and report key metrics (response time, throughput, error rates)

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience preferred.
• Performance engineering experience
• Experience with JMeter
• Experience with AI-assisted development/testing preferred
• Familiarity with tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude for test generation and optimization
• Ability to leverage AI for productivity and quality improvements
• White-box and API testing or development background preferred
• Understanding of system internals, microservices, and distributed systems
• Ability to collaborate with developers and validate at service level
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

BENEFITS

• Flexible and generous paid time off
• Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 401(k) employer matching program
• Parental leave
• Wellness resources
• Charitable matching program
• On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)
• Community outreach groups
• Tuition reimbursement

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S.-based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.